A $5K Carbon Tax Sparks Questions — and Laughter

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Date

Oct. 11, 2018

News Type

Media Highlight

Source

Climatewire

"Rather than be paralyzed into inaction by such a daunting cost for addressing emissions, Hafstead argued that incremental measures to price carbon could yield results. Any carbon fee would generate information about consumer responsiveness to prices and the technological change that could be produced, he said."

Topics

Traditional Carbon Pricing

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Marc Hafstead

Fellow

Marc Hafstead is an RFF fellow and director of the Carbon Pricing Initiative and the Climate Finance and Financial Risk Initiative.

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